Vitamin packed fruit, oat yoghurt bowls supercharged with baobab & maca. ‘Rainbow’ bowl!
How many fantastic nutrients can you squeeze into one bowl? This breakfast is super easy, tastes delicious & brimming with protein, vitamins & minerals, omega-3-s & fibre.
It comprises of a delicious rolled oat or sugar-free muesli base with spiced grated apple, topped with fresh fruit & dried goldenberries.
Anti-oxidant packed golden berries
If that wasn’t enough, I’ve topped the whole lot with 2 nutrient dense super foods mixed with protein powder & Greek yoghurt; baobab superfruit powder & superfood maca root powder.
Maca root powder yoghurt (left) & baobab super fruit powder (right) . Garnished with Chia seeds.
Maca root? This is also known as Peruvian Ginseng. It is an ancient Incan superfood crammed with essential vitamins, minerals, amino acids & phytonutrients, making it a nutritional powerhouse with loads of benefits:
It helps increases the body’s resistance to the damaging effects of stress & disease. It helps to regulate, support & balance hormonal systems & so is good to balance mood (including stress, anxiety & depression, menstrual issues) & to boost energy levels. It is reputed to good for sexual health, improving libido & fertility in both men & women. It also helps give you radiant glowing skin.
Maca root powder ‘Peruvian ginseng’
It tastes a little like coffee & slightly bitter, hence in this recipe, I have mixed in Manuka honey to balance out the flavours & to add to the goodness.
Ground baobab on the other hand has a delicious tangy citrus flavour, is packed with vitamin C, fibre & anti-oxidants, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, zinc & vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, B7; nutrients to give you an energy boost, support the immune system & reduce fatigue.
‘Rainbow Fruit & Oat Bowl’
Preparation: 6-10 mins
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar-free muesli
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 apple, peeled & grated
Squeeze of lemon juice
1/8th tsp mixed spice (or nutmeg or cinnamon if preferred)
A handful of dried fruit: goldenberries
Fresh fruit: blueberries, raspberries, sliced banana, sliced apple
For maca yoghurt: 1/3 cup of Greek yoghurt mixed with 3/4 tbsp maca root powder & 1/2 tbsp protein powder.
For babobab yoghurt: mix 1/2 cup of Greek yoghurt with 1.5 tbsp baobab super fruit powder & 3/4 tbsp protein powder.
Handful of seeds: sunflower & pumpkin seeds
Sprinkle of chia seeds
Method:
Pour rolled oats & sugar-free muesli into 2 separate bowls.
Grate an apple. Combine with a squeeze of lemon juice & 1/8th teaspoon of mixed spice. Add to the oat-muesli bowl.
Add in a generous helping of fresh fruit, seeds & goldenberries. I have used fresh raspberries, fresh blueberries, sliced Pink lady apples, bananas, sunflower seeds & pumpkin seeds.
Spiced apple adds a warm, moist zing
For the yoghurt toppings.
Baobab topping. Mix baobab, soya protein powder with Greek yoghurt to a creamy consistency. Taste & adjust if required.
Maca. Mix maca root powder with soya protein powder a teaspoon of Manuka honey and Greek yoghurt in another bowl, again to a creamy consistency. Taste & adjust if required.
Dust the yoghurt toppings with chia seeds and serve!
Spiced apple, oat, fruit bowls with Superfood yoghurts
A delicious way to start the day. Certainly a case of ‘eat the rainbow!’
Toping-less so you can see below. Scrumptious!
Variations:
Acai berry superfood powder & lucuma can be readily mixed in with yoghurt to make a different flavour superfood yoghurt topping.
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